quavering

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English

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Verb

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quavering

  1. present participle and gerund of quaver

Adjective

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quavering (not comparable)

  1. Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.

Noun

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quavering (plural quaverings)

  1. The act of something that quavers.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes